The family had been out for a Sunday walk before their car collided with a motorbike, driven by a man and woman, on Sunday afternoon, who also died. Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time.
More info An 11-year-old girl was told her whole family had died in a horror smash through a harrowing phonecall over dinner. Tragically six people died in what cops are describing as a “truly horrendous collision” on a country road on Sunday. The devastating crash left a little girl orphaned, after her mum Shannen Morgan, 30, dad Shane Roller, 33 and her sisters Lillie, four, and Rubie, aged nine, all died at the scene on the A61.
The family had been out for a Sunday walk before their car collided with a motorbike, driven by a man and woman, on Sunday afternoon, who also died. Little Poppie Roller only escaped death after asking to stay at a pal’s house to play, it emerged later, reports the Mirror. Paul Hepple, who has set up an appeal to raise money for her, revealed how she had cheated death by choosing not to go for a Sunday walk with her family from Athersley.
Paul, 37, said he agreed to let Poppie remain at his home , in Barnsley, after he got a call from her mum Shannen earlier in the day asking if she could stay. Dad-of-four Paul said: “Her mum actually contacted us and asked if we could watch Poppie because she didn’t want to go on the walk that they went on. "So we were watching.